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Some tell me I'm not alone. I'm stall for the past 3 weeks. And people keep telling me to stop getting on the scale, but it's so hard I hear people here 8 weeks out and loosing so much weight. Today I took the battery out the scale and had my son hide it LOL!! Am I alone or is there others like me. Weighing my self everyday. HELP!!! LOL

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Some tell me I'm not alone. I'm stall for the past 3 weeks. And people keep telling me to stop getting on the scale' date=' but it's so hard I hear people here 8 weeks out and loosing so much weight. Today I took the battery out the scale and had my son hide it LOL!! Am I alone or is there others like me. Weighing my self everyday. HELP!!! LOL[/quote']

I weigh every single time I pee lol. So maybe like 8-12 times a day. It's obsessive and I admit I have a problem! My husband tried to hide it and I bothered him until he gave up and gave it back. I've been in a stall for 2 weeks and I'm only 4 weeks out!

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Some tell me I'm not alone. I'm stall for the past 3 weeks. And people keep telling me to stop getting on the scale' date=' but it's so hard I hear people here 8 weeks out and loosing so much weight. Today I took the battery out the scale and had my son hide it LOL!! Am I alone or is there others like me. Weighing my self everyday. HELP!!! LOL[/quote']

I do the same thing. I weigh everyday even though I tell myself to only do it once a week. It never works out that way. I can not stop weighing myself & I admit that I too have an addiction to the scale. I can not help it. You are definitely not alone

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But isn't it so much nicer to be addicted to the scale rather than afraid of it (like we were before, LOL!)

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Yes very much so. I used to hate going to the doctors & being asked to step on the scale. I always would say I was such & such a weight the other day at my other doctors so I dont need to get on it & they would say ok. I am happier to be addicted to the scale & not food anymore either :) that is a huge plus.

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I do the same thing. I weigh everyday even though I tell myself to only do it once a week. It never works out that way. I can not stop weighing myself & I admit that I too have an addiction to the scale. I can not help it. You are definitely not alone

Cheer bear,

How is your diet! Starting, surgery and current weight? Your situation interests me because I had surgery June 20 my starting weight was 191 and I am only at 185- 5 weeks out! Sooooooo frustrated. What do your doctors tell you?

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Cheer bear' date='

How is your diet! Starting, surgery and current weight? Your situation interests me because I had surgery June 20 my starting weight was 191 and I am only at 185- 5 weeks out! Sooooooo frustrated. What do your doctors tell you?[/quote']

I am a newbie to the WLS life. I am only just short of 2 weeks out. My weight when i started everything to get this surgery was 319lbs but it jumped up to 327lbs a month before surgery bcuz my dad had become deathly ill & had actually died & was brought back but was intubated for 14 days & was hospitalized for a month altogether & i was basically living at the hospital & from morning to midnight which made it extremely hard to diet. Started my diet again the day after he came home. My weight @ the hospital the day of surgery was according to their scale 314 lbs. But my scale said I was 321 lbs the day I came home from the hospital. I dont know what my weight was on my scale the day of surgery bcuz I forgot to weigh myself before I left for the hospital (my nerves were through the roof that day) I am down 21 lbs as of tonight :) making my current weight 300 lbs. I was sleeved on july 18th & I have just started the soft foods stage.

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I weigh every single time I pee lol. So maybe like 8-12 times a day. It's obsessive and I admit I have a problem! My husband tried to hide it and I bothered him until he gave up and gave it back. I've been in a stall for 2 weeks and I'm only 4 weeks out!

Jessica, I'm like you, and people are telling me to move the scale out of the bathroom, but I too am obsessed with the numbers. It keeps me on track. the downside of the ugly beast, is when it's up, I end up eating, because, I'm like, well it's up. so I may as well eat something else. Not taking into the fact that it could be Water weight or whatever. Its definitely an illness (for me)

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I have been stuck @ 300 lbs for the past few days :( really have to try to stop weighing myself everyday especially now that the weight is not moving as quickly. Trying to stay positive as I know stalls are to be expected. Just did not think it would be at 2 weeks out. I can not conplain to much though as I did lose 21 lbs since my surgery on july 18th, well actually since the day I came home which is when I started weighing myself. :) I wish everyone the best!!!!

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I'm at a stall also...doesn't help that my scale is on the fritz. I'm almost 2 months post op and I've lost 30 pounds. I feel like I should be loosing more

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But isn't it so much nicer to be addicted to the scale rather than afraid of it (like we were before' date=' LOL!)[/quote']

Never thought about it this way but this is so true!!

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My dr told me some weeks ill lose pounds and the next ill lose inches. I'm 2 1/2 months out and have lost about 20 pounds. My clothes are very baggy. Measure your self so the scale isn't the only number youre thinking about.

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I'm 2 1/2 months out too. Lost 38lbs since pre-op diet but stalled on weight loss for 6 weeks. BUT ....... Jeans that didn't fit 6 weeks ago are now falling down! I'm obsessed with the scale, I weigh every morning, but realise that it's those NSV's which are just as important as the numbers.

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Since we are talking about scales do you guys have cheapo scales or slightly more sophisticated ones?? I have a cheapo digital but am thinking about getting one that's more technically advanced.

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